Islam on Marital Rights — Page 13
ISLAM ON MARITAL RIGHTS. PARADISE ON EARTH 13. The wife's second duty is that she should be obedient to and co-operative with her husband and give him the respect due to him as willed by Allah and His Prophet (s. a. w. ). If the wife obeys her husband willingly and gracefully, she shall make her home a paradise on earth. Peace and contentment shall reign there and the husband of such a dutiful wife is bound to hold her in great esteem. Many wives do not consider it necessary to be docile and obedient to their husbands and insist on imposing their own wishes on them and want their husband to play the second fiddle. . This is not correct. A good wife must obey her husband. The Holy. Prophet (s. a. w. ) once said: "If it had been lawful to prostrate before anyone besides Allah, He would certainly have commanded women to prostrate before their husbands. . WIFE'S IDEAL QUALITIES. On obedience to husbands, the Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) has given some clear instructions also. These are:(1) The wife should not allow anyone into the house whom the husband does not like and if the husband tells his wife that a certain type of men and women must not enter the house, it would be her duty to comply with this direction. (2) The wife must not give charity from her husband's money without his permission. If she does so the reward for it shall accrue to the husband and the sin to the wife. (3) The wife must not go out of the house without the permission of her husband. (4) She may give any amount in charity out of her own possessions, but God Almighty shall approve and prefer that the woman obeyed her husband rather than give heaps of her wealth in charity. (5) The Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) has said that no woman may fast, while the husband is in the house, without his approval, except the fasts which are obligatory in Ramadhan. (6) Once the Holy Prophet (s. a. w. ) said: "The best of wives is the one whose sight pleases you, i. e. , who keeps herself in a state